We probably won't get a 4-5 star running back with the current freshman and the top QB's seem to be out of play (I do think we get Bray). Maybe we get another 4-5star @WR. I think we could see a move up the rankings with some big O-line prospects. But I believe we need to get to 9 wins and look like we know what we are doing on O and maybe some of our competition look bad to get them in here. It seems like we will get our share of the D guys that we want on Monte's name alone. The D guys alone will move us up. Ranking won't mean much unless we get our O-line prospects that we want. We got to protect our QB and open some holes. I hope you are right though.
Dyer is very interested in us and we get him I think. So there is your 4* RB. Seastrunk is probably LSU bound, but we were even in the conversation with him. You are not correct if you think that 1 stud RB this year will not look at Bryce Brown starring as a freshman, see Hardesty leaving and think that they want to get into that backfield rotation. None of them will be scared off by Poole or the Milton RB even though maybe they should be.
For OL prospects James Stone is the hardest to figure out, but we have a very good chance with him. We also could well end up with TJ Leifheit and Damien Robinson. Zac Tait and Chuckie Curry (JUCO lean to MS State) are also strong possibilities if things do not work out with the first three.
Demarco Cobbs completes what will be seen in 2 years I think even without Prater, the best WR group in this years college football recruiting.
Bray will be a 4 star and will be our QB commit, barring craziness (Scroggins turning because he does not want to sit for 3 years).
Dietrich Riley is coming thanks to Cregg and Orgeron and will try to become the next E Berry.
Good chance we also get Josh Shirley at LB, George Uko at DT and possibly even Ronald Powell at DE. That is 4 star and 5 star talent, all from CA heading east because of our coaches.
Brandon Willis will probably follow his teammate Corey Miller to FSU, and Lamarcus Joyner will probably be a Seminole as well, but some of that has to depend on their season and ours. Jeff Luc is also giving us an official which is huge.
Ego Ferguson is very interested in us still and we have a good shot with him. Powell, Ferguson, J Smith, we could have Sean Ellis, Leonard Little type talent rushing off the DE slot again.
So....I think we get the OL,
I think we are in the conversation against USC for California talent and against FSU for Florida talent and that shows how far we have come very quickly. Depending on how we play in the UCLA game, and how FSU's season goes, I could see us with a top 5 class and perhaps even asking a few individuals currently committed to look elsewhere (something no one is talking about). We have guys like Jose Jose who the coaches feel great about as a high potential gem (which is one of Orgeron's main prides identifying those) but we could get to the point very soon after a 9 win season when Ed O is looking at which 4 stars are going to be better and which will flame out.
We are already demonstrating an incredible ability to recruit California, Illinois, Florida etc.
No one on the recruiting side is talking about the big finish. A Janzen Jackson level get for this staff would be someone like Demarcus Milliner moving over from Bama. A Nu'keese Richardson change from UF again? A Bryce Brown?
This staff is being speculated as bringing in an absurdly great class at this point way before we have even played a great season. Wait until January and we can all poll our sources (which for almost everyone here is actually pay sites or 1 or 2 former players who have not darkened the door this year at the football office) and try to deduce what the shock will be. I think each year with the types of recruiters on this staff that we will have some headlines NSD or a bit after.
